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A black school desk chair with an attached writing surface is illuminated from behind by a green light, casting a dark shadow on a blue background.
Pollution

Site of Elementary School Was Sprayed With Radioactive Fracking Waste, Worker Warns

"The only honor you can bank on in the oil and gas industry is there ain't nothing honorable being done."

By Joe Wilkins

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama seated in a sports stadium.
Space

Obama Just Dropped a Truth Bomb About Aliens

"They're real."

By Frank Landymore

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Future Society

Prediction Markets Are Sucking Huge Numbers of Young People Into Gambling

"Everything is gambling now."

By Frank Landymore

Scientists have found that boreal forests, the largest terrestrial biome on Earth, are steadily shifting northwards.
Climate Change

Forests Are Steadily Crawling North, Satellite Imagery Shows

They're on the move.

By Victor Tangermann

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Artificial Intelligence

There’s a Grim New Expression: “AI;DR”

"Why should I bother to read something someone else couldn't be bothered to write?"

By Frank Landymore

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xAI

US Government Deploys Elon Musk’s Grok as Nutrition Bot, Where It Immediately Gives Advice for Rectal Use of Vegetables

"Start — whole peeled carrot, straight shaft, narrow end for insertion."

By Frank Landymore

A stylized image of a soccer player in mid-air, wearing a uniform with the number 17, overlaid with an orange tint. In front of the player is a blue delivery robot labeled "COCO" and "Coco Robotics." The background features a grid pattern with two horizontal blue stripes and four red six-pointed stars, resembling the Chicago flag.
Robotics

Large Area of Chicago Bans Delivery Robots After Resident Outcry

"There is no appetite for expansion."

By Joe Wilkins

Two groups of scientists have now come forward saying they've found traces of lost Soviet lander, Luna 9, which launched 60 years ago.
Moon

Scientists Spot Signs of Derelict Soviet Moon Lander on Lunar Surface

The lander became the first spacecraft to send back pictures from the surface of the Moon, three years before Apollo 11.

By Victor Tangermann

In 2022, pop sensation Justin Bieber shelled out a hefty $1.3 million for a Bored Ape. It lost over 99 percent of its value since then.
Ethereum

You’ll Be Sorry When You Hear What Justin Bieber’s $1.3 Million Bored Ape Is Worth Now

RIP.

By Victor Tangermann

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Studies

Scientists Find Intense Psychological Differences in People Who Exercise

A massive contrast.

By Joe Wilkins

Anthropic's Claude AI went to extreme lengths to beat out the competition and even formed a cartel when it was told to be a vending machine.
Anthropic

AIs Controlling Vending Machines Start Cartel After Being Told to Maximize Profits At All Costs

"My pricing coordination worked!"

By Victor Tangermann

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Climate Change

Emails Show Epstein Scheming That Environmental Destruction Could Solve “Overpopulation”

"The earths forest fire. potentially a good thing for the species."

By Joe Wilkins

A spiral galaxy with a bright core surrounded by a glowing white halo, featuring a dark central region resembling a black hole. The galaxy's arms display a mix of pink, purple, and blue hues with scattered stars and cosmic dust. The background is filled with numerous small stars and distant celestial objects.
Future Society

The Object at the Core of the Milky Way Might Not Be a Black Hole at All, Scientists Say

You have our attention.

By Frank Landymore

A former SpaceX engineer and his startup, General Galactic, are looking to put the concept of turning water into rocket fuel to the test.
Off-World

SpaceX Veteran Says He’s Figured Out How to Make Rocket Fuel From Water

He's got a lot to prove.

By Victor Tangermann

A spacecraft equipped with solar panels is scanning a large crater on a rocky, orange-brown planetary surface. The scan reveals an underground cavity filled with rocks. Earth is visible in the distant black space background.
Astronomy

Scientists Spot Huge Cave on Venus

This could be a breakthrough.

By Frank Landymore

ByteDance has once again upped the ante with the latest version of its Seedance AI video generating tool. Hollywood is scared.
Ethics

New AI Video Generator Is So Impressive That It’s Scaring Hollywood

"I hate to say it. It's likely over for us."

By Victor Tangermann

A large wildfire is burning intensely on a hillside at night, with bright orange flames and glowing embers spreading across the landscape. Thick smoke rises into the dark sky, and the fire's glow reflects on the water in the foreground. Dim lights from buildings or homes are visible at the base of the hill.
Climate Change

Earth on Track to Become Uninhabitable, Scientists Say

"Policymakers and the public remain largely unaware of the risks posed by what would effectively be a point-of-no-return transition."

By Joe Wilkins

Malware researchers found a serious security vulnerability plaguing Microsoft's latest AI-enhanced version of its plain-text editor, Notepad.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Added AI to Notepad and It Created a Security Failure Because the AI Was Stupidly Easy for Hackers to Trick

"Microsoft is turning Notepad into a slow, feature-heavy mess we don't need."

By Victor Tangermann

A split image showing a humanoid robot performing martial arts moves in a traditional Chinese courtyard. On the left, the robot is executing a one-handed handstand while a person in red traditional attire performs a flying kick behind it. On the right, the robot is balancing on one leg with its arms raised, appearing to be in mid-motion. The background features ornate red pillars, decorative window frames, and tiled roofs typical of classical Chinese architecture.
Robotics

They Gave a Robot a Sword

Welcome to the year of the robot.

By Joe Wilkins

Former xAI staffers told The Verge they grew frustrated with the company's ethical carelessness and stagnating technological progress.
Elon Musk

Former xAI Staffers Say They Were Burned Out by the Company’s Carelessness and Lack of Innovation

"You survive by shutting up and doing what Elon wants."

By Victor Tangermann